Analysis of Watching the World Burn
Grayson Faircloth 2008 (St. Augustine, FL)
You always wanted
It was never enough
All the things you had
All the things you took
All the things you were given
It was never enough
There was always something else
More, more, more
A new thing
A new experience
A new person
More, more, more
You tore through people like presents
But you didn’t care
Be thankful, they told you
Be humble, they told you
Be respectful, they told you
But you didn’t care
Were you always like this
What changed
Was it when you looked at yourself in the mirror with disgust
Was it when you began to care about others opinions
Was it when you started thinking with your head rather than your heart
What changed
You thought that if you put everything into the world, you would get it back
You thought that other people would love you, unless you gave them a reason not to
You thought that everyone was real and authentic, presenting their honest opinions for all to see
What changed
I grew up
The world grew up
People changed
I changed
Everything changed
I think back
Back to when people were friends with everyone
Back to when people didn’t poison their bodies and minds
Back to when people weren’t so focused on themselves
What can I do about change
The leaves in autumn
The fading color of old clothes
The darkening skies above
Nothing
I can do nothing
But if feels wrong
To sit
To wait
To watch as the people I knew, changed
Few for better
Most for worse
Scheme | xAxxbA xCdxbC xEfffE xGxxxG hfx Giiggg hbxx xxxx ddxxxgxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110 111001 10111 10111 1011010 111001 111101 111 011 010100 0110 111 11110110 1111 110111 110111 1010111 1111 01111 11 111111010010101 111101110110010 1111101011110111 11 11111110010111111 11110101110111101011 111101100100101100101111 11 111 0111 101 11 101 111 1111001110 1111011011001 111101110101 1111011 01010 01010111 0100101 10 11110 1111 11 11 111010111 1110 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,401 |
Words | 267 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 3, 6, 4, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 49 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
Rough draft. Comment any changes or critiques, I'm a beginner.
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Written on April 03, 2023
Submitted by jgrayfair11 on April 03, 2023
Modified on April 13, 2023
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